Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs Level 3 (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Present Value of Future Profits [Abstract]

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs [Table Text Block]

Changes in the DAC Balance [1]
	Successor Company		Predecessor Company
	June 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018		January 1, 2018 to May 31, 2018			For the years ended December 31,
						2017			2016
Balance, beginning of period	$	—	$	405		$	463		$	542
Deferred costs	—		1			2			7
Amortization — DAC	—		(13		)	(51		)	(40		)
Amortization — Unlock benefit (charge), pre-tax	—		(3		)	3			(74		)
Adjustments to unrealized gains and losses on securities AFS and other	—		31			(12		)	28
Balance, end of period	$	—	$	421		$	405		$	463

Present Value of Future Insurance Profits [Table Text Block]

Changes in the VOBA Balance [1]
	Successor Company			Predecessor Company
	June 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018			January 1, 2018 to May 31, 2018		For the years ended December 31,
						2017		2016
Balance, beginning of period	$	805		$	—	$	—	$	—
Amortization	(80		)	—		—		—
Amortization — Unlock charge, pre-tax	(19		)	—		—		—
Adjustments to unrealized gains and losses on securities AFS and other	10			—		—		—
Balance, end of period	$	716		$	—	$	—	$	—

[1] Effective with the application of pushdown accounting on May 31, 2018, the Company established its VOBA balance through a pushdown accounting adjustment. Please see Note 1, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of pushdown accounting.

Present Value of Future Insurance Profits, Expected Amortization [Table Text Block]

Expected Amortization of VOBA
Successor Company
Years	Expected Amortization
2019	$	23
2020	$	35
2021	$	47
2022	$	43
2023	$	41